USAF Readies Major Package Of F-22A Upgrades For Key Decision Point

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The Air Force this month plans to seek permission to advance a new package of F-22A upgrades through a major acquisition milestone, a project that represents a crowning effort in a decade-old endeavor to incrementally realize the combat potential of the military's marquee stealth fighter. The Air Force will propose to the Defense Acquisition Board, headed by the Pentagon's acquisition executive, that the F-22A Increment 3.2B program - which formally entered the Defense Department's roster of big-ticket modernization projects in late 2011 - transition into engineering and manufacturing development phase, according to Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick.